About 10 years ago, in a picturesque town in the home counties, a friend had his bike, with a disk lock on it, lifted into the back of a van in the middle of the day. It wasn't a particularly expensive bike, but it was a sought after model. After that I got big heavy chains and all my bikes were secured to solid objects (often my other half's bike, but I put an anchor point on the wall next to my parking spot too).
When I first moved to Spain people who saw me and my other half chaining up our bikes thought we were nuts. A disk lock and maybe a cable around a lamppost is plenty, if they can get through that then a larger chain isn't going to make a big difference ... as mentioned above, a cover is a massive deterrent too. Almost as much as having a crappy bike that's covered in dents and has been painted with a brush.
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